Fatah secretaries in Tulkarem resign after spate of arrests

Aug. 4, 2016 2:10 P.M. (Updated: Aug. 4, 2016 4:23 P.M.)

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TULKAREM (Ma'an) -- A group of Fatah movement officials in the northern occupied West Bank district of Tulkarem submitted their resignations on Wednesday over the detention of a number of Fatah members by Palestinian security.

An unspecified number of Fatah secretaries in Tulkarem resigned, as sources within Fatah told Ma’an that their decision to leave their posts did not mean that they were leaving the political party.

The sources added that the decision to resign came in the wake of Palestinian security forces arresting a number of Fatah members, reportedly without stated motives.